Mid Century Modern Danish Designed Teak Tray By Jens Quistgaard Made By Dansk
Maldon, United Kingdom
£435 per item
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Item details
Height
4.2 cm
Width
59.8 cm
Depth
29.5 cm
Wear conditions
Good
Wear conditions
Excellent
Shows little to no signs of wear and tear.
Good
May show slight traces of use in keeping with age. Most vintage and antique items fit into this condition.
Average
Likely to show signs of some light scratching and ageing but still remains in a fair condition.
Apparent Wear and Tear
Visible signs of previous use including scratches, chips or stains.
Please refer to condition report, images or make a seller enquiry for additional information.
Description
A Mid-Century Modern (Scandinavian Modern) Danish teak tray designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk of the USA.
A Teak tray designed by the highly regarded and very collected Jens Harald Quistgaard, a Danish sculptor, artist and industrial designer, for the American company Dansk (Danish) Designs. Made using steam bent teak staves of wood, the tray forms a beautiful almost boat like sculptural design, which appears to float on the surface. With simplistic paired back forms this piece is typical of Scandinavian Modern design, and the style of Mid Century modern which is so popular and present in much Modern Design.
This piece has been cleaned, oiled and is in very good condition, with minor signs of age related wear.
Jens Harald Quistgaard (April 23, 1919 – January 4, 2008) was a Danish sculptor and designer, known principally for his work for the American company Dansk Designs, where he was chief designer from 1954 and for the following three decades.
Originally an artist and sculptor who was also grounded in traditional handicrafts, he quickly established a career as an industrial designer. From the mid-1950s his tableware and kitchenware designs became synonymous with Scandinavian modern and found their way into millions of homes in the USA, Europe and Japan. With his international orientation and success he was groundbreaking, and he had great significance for the place which Danish design acquired in the minds of many Americans.
In 1958, he received the Neiman Marcus Award and during the following years he was represented at major museums in Europe and the USA (please see below) His designs remain timeless with many of Jens Quistgaard’s works still being produced today.
Museums where Jens Quistgaard work is held:
Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen
The British Museum, London
Museet på Koldinghus, Kolding, Denmark
Industrimuseet Frederiks Værk, Frederiksværk, Denmark
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
National Museum, Stockholm;
MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York City
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Das Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin
GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig
Städtisches Museum, Braunschweig
Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Oldenburg
The Louvre, Paris
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kirkland Mueum of Fine & Decorative Art, Denver, Colorado
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
The RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Exhibitions:
Charlottenborg spring 1947, 1951–52, 1956
Milan Triennial 1954
Habitations nouvelles, Paris 1955
Annual exhibitions of Danish Arts and Crafts Association, 1940s-60s
The Lunning Prize Designers' Exhibition, New York 1957
DH '58: Design for the Home, Brooklyn Museum, March 05 - April 27, 1958
Danish Arts and Crafts, Stockholm 1959
The Arts of Denmark, USA 1960-61
Formes danoises: L'art de l'intérieur au Danemark, Exposition itinérante, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon/Palais de la Bourse, Marseille/Musèe Maison de la Culture, Le Havre/Palais des Beaux-Arts. Lille/Galerie Municipale des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, 1964-1965
Two Centuries of Danish Design, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 1968
Lerchenborg, separate exhibition 1969
Masterworks – 100 years of Danish furniture-making, Kronborg 2000
A Century of Design, Part III, 1950-1975 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001
Danish National Museum, Copenhagen, Images of Denmark, 2002
Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen, 2004
Danmarks Nationalbank, Retrospective exhibition, 2006
What Was Good Design, MoMA's Message 1944-56, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 6,2009- Jan 10, 2011
Danish Design - I Like It, Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen 2011
Danish Modern: Design for Living, Goldstein Museum of Design, Minnesota 2014 and Figge Art Museum, Iova 2015
DANSK - Design by Jens Quistgaard, Retrospective exhibition, HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, 2015-16
Much More Than One Good Chair, Design & Gesellschaft in Dänemark, Nordische Botschaften, Berlin 2017
einfach gut. Design aus Dänemark, Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus, Berlin 2018-19
The Value of Good Design, MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Feb.10-Jun.15, 2019
Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, 2020.
Condition report:
Good
Wear consistent with age and use. The Tray has been re oiled with Danish Oil. Tight joints between the staves, no opening up as you can get with many examples.
Additional dimensions information:
Height: 1.66 in. Width: 23.55 in. Depth: 11.62 in.
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Estimated delivery time
Less than one week
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